The Gypsy Storyteller
Author | : Thomas William Simpson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1993-10-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781560548652 |
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Author | : Thomas William Simpson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1993-10-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781560548652 |
Author | : Rosemary Lee-Wright |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 79 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780908444021 |
Author | : Thomas W. Simpson |
Publisher | : Grand Central Pub |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 1994-06-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780446600491 |
Two suburban New Jersey friends--Mac, an introverted follower, and the charismatic but manipulative Daniel--meet Rachel, a powerful and beautiful woman whose presence leads to unexpected struggles in their friendship
Author | : Thomas William Simpson |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 2017-02-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781543042610 |
The Gypsy Storyteller Friendship. Love. Lust. Betrayal. Freedom. An often excruciating cycle we all must pass through at least once in our lives... Thomas William Simpson, the acclaimed author of This Way Madness Lies, follows his impressive debut novel with an extraordinary work of pure storytelling magic. The Gypsy Storyteller tells the tale of two young men whose lives, from the time of their births, are fatefully linked. It is also the story of a devastating lovers' triangle spinning wildly out of control. Growing up in an affluent suburb of New York City, Matthew Chandler and Daniel Hawthorn have much in common. But they are, in fact, polar opposites, emotionally and psychologically. Matthew descends from solid English stock, pure white Angle Saxon Protestant stuff right down to his core. Daniel's mother, a direct descendent of Nathaniel Hawthorne, has managed to cast off her Puritan cloak, marrying a full-blooded Eastern European Gypsy whose family was annihilated during the Holocaust. Matthew is preternaturally cautious. Daniel is relentlessly daring. Matthew plays by the rules, Daniel breaks them with gusto. Through a boyhood of wild, uproarious adventures that include jumping boxcars, a fatal stabbing, and an eye-opening but terrifying trip to Czechoslovakia in the company of Daniel's father, the boys' unlikely friendship endures. Until Matthew, herded off to boarding school by his uptight parents, meets the beautiful and mysterious Rachel Ann Fredericks. Almost immediately, the straight line that has held Matthew and Daniel together for so many years transforms itself into a triangle. Gifted, free-spirited, and wildly independent, Rachel forces a whole new dimension upon the young men's lives, forcing them to confront the reality they can be enemies as well as allies. In The Gypsy Storyteller Simpson deftly explores the connections between friendship, love, and betrayal. And through the sheer power of his prose he makes us believe that freedom, even the dream of freedom, is what ultimately holds our lives in the balance. Full of the spirit of adventure-physical, spiritual, and sexual-this constantly surprising novel pushes back the horizons of contemporary fiction. The Gypsy Storyteller pulses with flesh and blood vitality, humor, and above all, with a keen sensitivity for the painful struggles of the human heart. In the best tradition of Mark Twain, John Fowles, and John Irving, this fine and generous novel takes us places we have not visited before.
Author | : Gábor Biczó |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Romanies |
ISBN | : 9786155212208 |
Author | : Cora Morris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1931 |
Genre | : Fairy tales |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Anne Porter |
Publisher | : D & M Publishers |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2009-12-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1926685865 |
As a child growing up in the once-beautiful city of Budapest, Anna Porter’s grandfather told her stories of heroes and strife and survival, some as old as the Carpathian basin, some still holding the sting of recent war and hardship. Some were fanciful, most were true, and all gave her a personal sense of history, both national and familial. This compulsively readable saga blends one family’s story with that of its homeland during one of the 20th century’s most tumultuous periods.
Author | : Jess Smith |
Publisher | : Birlinn |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2012-04-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0857901788 |
From the ages of 5 to 15, Jess Smith lived with her parents, sisters and a mongrel dog in an old, blue Bedford bus. They travelled the length and breadth of Scotland, and much of England too, stopping here and there until they were moved on by the local authorities or driven by their own instinctive need to travel. By campfires, under the unchanging stars they brewed up tea, telling stories and singing songs late into the night. "Jessie's Journey" describes what it was like to be one of the last of the traditional travelling folk. It is not an idyllic tale, but despite the threat of bigoted abuse and scattered schooling, humour and laughter run throughout a childhood teeming with unforgettable characters and incidents.
Author | : Chris Sullivan |
Publisher | : Chris Sullivan |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2008-05-19 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1441469419 |
This is an Irish novel set in Los Angeles. It tells the story of Alfredo Hunter, a depressive Jewish/Irish playwright who is in Hollywood to make a killing in the film business. It also tells the story of the unknown narrator, who observes Alfredo's various fluctuations of mood and humor. Humor is to the fore in this novel of a building friendship between two Dubliners as they encounter the New World, with its new language and confusing mores.
Author | : Gypsy Rose Lee |
Publisher | : North Atlantic Books |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 2024-01-02 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1623172780 |
Gypsy Rose Lee’s memoir became a New York Times bestseller in 1957, inspiring the 1959 hit musical, two movies, and three revivals. Now a fourth, directed by Arthur Laurents and starring Patti LuPone, is lighting up New York, winning top Broadway theatre awards, including three 2008 Tony Awards, as well as raves from critics and audiences: “No matter how long you live, you’ll never see a more exciting production.” —Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal “Watch out, New York! This GYPSY is a wallop-packing show of raw power.” —Ben Brantley, The New York Times “Not your ordinary theater experience. This is the best production of the best damn musical ever.” —Liz Smith, Syndicated Columnist The memoir, which Gypsy began as a series of pieces for The New Yorker, contains photographs and newspaper clippings from her personal scrapbooks and an afterword by her son, Erik Lee Preminger. At turns touching and hilarious, Gypsy describes her childhood trouping across 1920s America through her rise to stardom as The Queen of Burlesque in 1930s New York—where gin came in bathtubs, gangsters were celebrities, and Walter Winchell was king. Gypsy’s story features outrageous characters—among them Broadway’s funny girl, Fanny Brice, who schooled Gypsy in how to be a star; gangster Waxy Gordon, who fixed her teeth; and her indomitable mother, Rose, who lived by her own version of the Golden Rule: “Do unto others … before they do you.”